There has been a bit of a pile-on this week at National Review on Jasmine Crockett. A House Democrat representing Texas, Crockett has of late been auditioning for the role of the far left’s id. In service of which goal, she is, among other things, excessively excreting expletives (as Noah Rothman recounted) and calling Texas Governor Greg Abbott — who was paralyzed in a freak accident decades ago and uses a wheelchair as a result — “hot wheels.” (She has since claimed that’s not what she meant, which . . . sure.)

As one-time leftist fling Howard Dean might have put it, she is hoping to represent “the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.” Dean’s ideological intemperance and unique . . . enthusiasm led Rich Lowry to beg Democrats, in 2004, to “please nominate this man.” Democrats did not oblige in 2004 — not that it mattered. Thinking her electorally poisonous, Jeff Blehar, in Rich-like fashion, is egging Democrats on, whereas Judson Berger is not so sure that’s a good idea.

Yes, based on Democrats’ recent behavior, it would be unwise to underestimate their capacity for self-destruction; they may well choose Crockett as the form of their destructor. Yes, people underestimate the power of the natural pendulum of politics at their own peril. Yet in one respect, Crockett does not stand out from her party but merely reflects it — and the weakness of its current political position. Like most Democrats, she doesn’t want to moderate on trans issues. In a recent interview, Crockett called the issue of men competing in women’s sports a distraction:

In this election, we allowed ourselves to be divided. We allowed them to distract us, and we allowed them to talk about the trans folk. . . . According to them, the trans kids, they want to play sports. That is the biggest issue that we’ve had. Since when? Since when? Find the little trans child that is ruining your life. I mean, I’m just like, what are we doing? Like, what are we doing?”

Crockett’s comments echo poor advice offered in 2016 by billionaire Peter Thiel. At that year’s Republican National Convention, Thiel commented on the controversy surrounding “bathroom bills,” which protected restrooms, locker rooms, and similar facilities from intrusion by biological opposites:

When I was a kid, the great debate was about how to defeat the Soviet Union. And we won. Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares?

In subsequent years, Republicans have ignored Thiel’s advice to jettison cultural concerns. And good thing: Last year, Donald Trump was rewarded for taking the side of the American people.

Crockett’s posturing may be unique. But she shares with most of her party an unwillingness to meet the American people where they are on this issue. Count me on team egg-her-on. On to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then to Washington, D.C. . . .